9:30 AM and i'm up. i'm tired, but i can't sleep. so what does melissa do instead? enter another journal entry on her webpage *sigh* anyway, i finished my 17-page paper about notre dame football at 5:00 am this morning, which means only econ left on wednesday and then i'll finally witness liberation! i remember how after my first semester of college while enjoying a huge amount of elation when finals were over, i was sad to leave brown for such a long time--by the last week of winter break i couldn't wait to come back. yet, just one year later, after too many meals at the ratty and errands run along thayer, i must admit i'm incredibly excited to escape the Brown life for a month. perhaps it'll give me time to think and appreciate what i do have here at brown so hopefully spring semester will be better? well, i've learned not to set expectations though, so we'll see. in the meantime, i'm ready to go home...bring on the -30 windchill, snow football, hot cider, and re-runs of friends!
12 03 2k1
hey y'all. it's 2:52 AM but i figured i'd drop a line now now because i'll be MIA for the next two weeks as a finish up my third semester of college. can you believe it's almost over again?! where did this semester go? anyway, i've been in a good mood these past few days. spanish 30 ended last thursday (whoohoo!) so i'll never have to say 'hola lola' ever again. this weekend i hung out with the welcome committee and we went ice-skating even though it was 60 degrees here. lemme remind you that just because i'm from minnesota it does not make me a professional ice skater by default...we have cars too y'know (<--now THAT'S a minnesotian thing to say ha). sunday was a work-filled day but definitely a handful of laughs as well as well as eugene, grace, michael, and i played 'would you rather...'. lemme ask you. would you rather.... sneeze marbles or fart confetti? (confetti! you can have a party that way!) always tell the truth or have everyone tell you the truth? always have bad breath or everyone you encountered have bad breath? yes, the things we do at brown to entertain ourselves. anyway, finals are just around the corner, but we won't start with the whole "oh yeah? well i have 6 finals, 5 25-page papers, and 10 presentations" deal...yeah, i know my schedule's not as crazy as the rest of y'alls. you win. =) best wishes and don't forget the bigger picture. there's more to life than classes. i'm out.
11 25 2k1
whoa, Christmas is in one month! so after a long day hanging out in an airplane at detroit, two hours later we make it to another aircraft and i finally make it back to providence. thanksgiving was relaxing, chill, and a great time catching up with family (i miss them all dearly). anyway, after watching this depressing vikings game tonight against the bears, i feel like the vikings...after getting off a great game from last week (and my great vacation i just had), i'm sitting here trying to figure out all the things i want to do before the end of the semester and just like the vikings that made every mistake possible and made a lot of plays but could never score, i'm feeling like i'm making some mistakes, doing a lot of stuff, but just not getting proper results. you know, that feeling like you're running on a treadmill and expending a lot of energy but not really getting anything done? well, i won't deal with it just yet...i'd rather sleep =). g'night...i'm out.
11 16 2k1
new poll...pain, check it out
let's face it, we all face pain no matter who we are. in these past two and a half months i've faced every one of these pains--maybe i'm just turning into an ultra-cynical person, but it's been a rough year overall. what happened to simplicity? life really need not be so complicated! i got my first full roll of pictures developed yesterday...it's interesting how looking through pictures how much things have changed since the beginning of the year. anyway i'm glad thanksgiving's next week and i get to get away from this place for a few days. safe travels to everyone.
11 12 2k1
i think this has quite possibly been the longest day of my life. but it was 90% awesome...just a little mess-up somewhere during the day (apologies from me). anyway, it's been crazy these past two weeks or so. almost dropped down to 3 classes, but i'm sticking with spanish...only 9 classes left! today was crazy though....classes till 1, then a lunch at the gate, and thankfully the comment-filled lady didn't say anything un-pc to me. then i took my spanish exam..or tried to. ran some errands along thayer, even though i couldn't really because the bank was closed. after impersonating everyone online with travis (haven't you ever noticed how people have their own IM language? observe carefully next time :) ) i attempted to nap, even though i couldn't. i went out to dinner and proceeded to pick-up some guitar skills while jamming with a buddy. then i made a little boo-boo, but i apologize. and after that we made a run to stop and shop and i got FOOOOOOOOOOOOD! yes, that's what i need. alright, i'm ready to SLEEP. night...i'm out.
10 29 2k1
new glimpse
10 28 2k1
my day has been made...thanks people. yeah, so i just got back from grace cove's fall retreat, and although nothing overly emotional or extravagant happened, it was a good time to get away from brown for the weekend. but when i got back, i was in a crappy mood. maybe it was just cuz i was tired, which consequently makes me cranky. and a whole pile of work was just waiting for me to finish...no, waiting for me to start. and i couldn't do it at all. and then i got fed up with school and life. i mean, i just feel college isn't clicking with me this year. you know the feeling when there's so many people around you, yet you feel lonely? yeah, so i had that sweep through me. and i was a bad friend and bailed out on dinner tonight cuz i was sleeping...sorry guys. but then the rest of the night was good: a nice note on my door, running into a random group of people on thayer, free ben and jerry's ice cream, pics from the school year, complete spanish hw, jo's, no econ hw for the week, and then a mini care-package from my think-alike friend. thanks peeps. you've convinced me i'm not swimming here alone. aight, i'm out.
10 21 2k1
the vikings beat green bay! 'nuff said. superman is my new fave song. have a great week =)
new glimpse.
10 20 2k1
it's 3:41 AM saturday morning. well, just got back from joanne's place (happy birthday girl!) and it was definitely just some good chilling time. this week was actually pretty nice, even though it was busy, it's nice to have the sense of some accomplishment once you finished everything. mid-semester was yesterday...meaning i'm 1/4 done with sophomore year...insane! oh yeah, and then i was eating at the gate for lunch today and the lady asked me where i was from. i figured she asked because of my accent (which i don't have anyway) so i said minnesota. the lady looks and me goes, "you look like you came from a tribe!" and i was like WHOOOA. so that was my interesting event of the week. i'm ready to just relax this weekend...have a good one. i'm out.
10 12 2k1
hey kiddos. it's been a busy but fun week. long weekends are awesome...went to boston and got dim-sum, nipples (the mammillaries all you BN1 kids ha), shopped, and lost one of us at one point, but it was all fun. this week was loaded with work, but i figure, every week's gonna be like that. anyway, by grace, i made it through and i'm glad it's the weekend...inauguration weekend, that is. yay ruth simmons!
10 03 2k1
an update everyday...i'm impressed myself haha, jk. anyway, i felt the need to post some ramblings here today. i've been thinkin about how things are going in college now. we've probably all heard the saying, "college is one of the best times of your life." but is it really? if it is, is it authentic or manufactured funness? and why does it have to be the best time of our lives? so yeah, i'm rambling...but these were thoughts i had before today and in my ed class today we were really disecting these questions. my prof (who's much older..eerr, wiser =b than us) came to the conclusion that although people may say it is, in reality, he said it's not the only time you'll have fun and although there will be some good times in college, it's not always gonna be like that. hmm...so maybe this is just a phase i'm in...but, actually, things are going better...two more days and then the weekend! i'm out.
10 02 2k1
New Poll! Go vote...it's not gonna be up for long because I'll be updating it more frequently nowadays...
10 01 2k1
i haven't even been in school for a month but it feels like it's been forever. last week was a trying week academically, socially, mentally, physically, and spiritually. yet, the weekend was a refreshing one...time for me to catch-up on work, mend some relationships, OD on sleep, and spend time with God. i also had plenty of time to think too. i thought about life and my future too...what i want to concentrate in...and more than once the idea of me taking time off from college crossed my mind. but then i couldn't think of what i would do during that time off. still, sometimes i wish i could just freeze time and reflect on things. well, this week is a lighter one and there's a long weekend coming up (yay for Columbus!)...cross our fingers we'll continue to refresh.
9 26 2k1
sup sup. it's the first week of mid-terms now, but s'all good. i'm trying to upload new pics to mel tea house, but there's technical difficulties beyond my control, so you'll just hafta wait. one of my suitemates injured herself rollerblading today =( but we tried to help her clean up and in some weird way i LIKED helping her out...not that i was glad she hurt herself because that's not cool at all, but cleaning up the bloody scab was an experience...am i weirdo or do you feel that way too? and have you ever enjoyed more pain? i mean, if you have a bruise and apply pressure to it it hurts more, but it feels better too, you know what i'm saying? well, at least celinda does so i'm not the only absurd one =). aight, i'm out.
9 21 2k1
New Glimpse.
9 18 2k1
Hey hey...yeah, so I've just been avoiding this page, especially after everything our nation's gone through this past week. No words of mine can sum up all that happened, but my heart and prayers still go out to everyone--victims, friends and family of victims, our nation's leaders, and all mankind. But other than that, things are going ok here....last Friday Grace and I saw a HUGE rainbow...HUGE! And it was almost a sign of hope...there IS hope out there.
I have vowed to put up more updates now...yep, I know y'all are itching to see what else I've been up to =b
9 10 2k1
Hola kiddos. You know the feeling when you write all this stuff, you're done and you're just about to save it but then your computer crashes and you lose it all? Yeah, I feel like that now...just wrote out a cheery update but no! the computer decides to crash! So I guess you'll get to read the neutral update from me <saves this now>. One week of classes have passed and I decided to take a lighter load this semester (lighter than my already light loads last year!): econ11, neuro1, spanish, and a cool class on the history of higher education. Last night was BSB and it was AWESOME!! I went with Linda, Justin (note: name has been changed to keep this person's identity confidential ha), and I trekked up to Boston for pho and ice cream, saw Sisqo as one of the opening acts, and enjoyed a wholesome fun show. Don't worry, pics will be up soon once I find a scanner ha. Laters--
9 4 2k1
The first day of a new year, which means I'm now officially a sophomore. Along with that comes a mixture of excitement and anxiety, but also a newness of things: new classes, new living situation, new people to meet...it's been nice so far. I'm crossing my fingers, hoping I'm gonna get into my Spanish class and still shopping a bunch of classes, so don't ask yet. Once things get settled, I'm ready to do find some fun activities that exemplify the passionate side of me...no, I'm not all MELlow =b.
As you've already noticed, new what's up page now with webpage updates and bits of my life and the weeklies are now gone.
